what cleanses my Soul

[Bill]

 

what cleanses my Soul

 

there is a certain confirming peace

when i look at the Mountains

they stand in their regal majesty

in witness

of the landscapes of men

those that have been

those that are

and those to come

 

for Billions of years

they have tolerated us

watched over us

yet, still have moved little

 

they weep for us

in their Streams

in their Waterfalls

and their Rivers

that which they offer for our cleansing

our nurturing

my spirit knows this

 

i have climbed me a mountain or two

perhaps more

in my time

and every time i have crested the summit

i have found no reason to stay

 

why i never took time

to go for that ride

on the lisping clouds

that shrouded the anguish of men

i do not know

 

they are still patiently waiting for my arrival

hanging there

embracing the mountain and i

enticing me to feel what it feels like

to fly

 

instead

i chose again and again

to descend

and descend again

to that all too familiar valley of men

where the lushness of life prevailed

in the Gardens

the Joys and smiles of the people

the children

playing in the liquid spirit

of the Mountain

 

those tears of that Mountain

which the Clouds fed

carry forth a certain Spirit

uncertain to man

perhaps it is my God

still

our God

Source

who indwells within

the waters of life

 

it is that very same essence

which abides with me

within me

and you

as the present

our gift

in this presence

 

and i realize

as i open these eyes

that the Mountain,

The Clouds,

The Sun

and the Valleys

are all connected

as am i

and with this Epiphanic understanding

i like the Mountain

have resigned my self

to simply be

and my peace has been confirmed

 

i too like this Mountain

shall observe

i shall not be moved

and i shall shed my tears

of Joy

of Love

of Life

that i to may feed

the lush Gardens of our existence

that ushers forth the smiles of the people

 

for that . . . 

the Love of being

is what cleanses my Soul

 

 

© 8 March 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.